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Tether’s dollar-pegged stablecoin USDt expanded to a record $187.3 billion market capitalization in the fourth quarter of 2025, even as the broader crypto market slid following October’s liquidation cascade.According to its latest quarterly report, the USDt (USDT) market cap grew by $12.4 billion in Q4. Data shows that USDt has been widening its dominance while competitors retreated. After the major liquidation event on Oct. 10, the market cap of Circle’s USDC (USDC), the second-largest stablecoin, fluctuated throughout the rest of Q4 but closed the period largely unchanged. Ethena’s synthetic dollar USDe, ranked third among stablecoins at CoinMarketCap, dropped by 57%.…

Shifting Gears season 2 ended with a love triangle cliffhanger — but there’s already plans for more “bombshell” reveals in season 3. During the Wednesday, February 4, finale of the hit ABC sitcom, Matt (Tim Allen) and Eve (Jenna Elfman) got their happy ending — more on that here — when they reconciled and jetted off to Spain. Matt’s daughter, Riley (Kat Dennings), however, found herself in a much more complicated place in her love life. Riley came clean to Gabe (Seann William Scott) about her feelings for him after two seasons of build-up, even ending her romance with newcomer…

Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation HADIN KAI, have arrested a suspected logistics supplier to ISWAP terrorists and facilitated the safe repatriation of 700 Nigerian refugees from Cameroon into Borno. A credible military source revealed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. The source said the second phase of the voluntary repatriation of Nigerian refugees from Cameroon was successfully conducted at the Banki border in Bama Local Government Area. He said that troops of 152 Task Force Battalion, alongside other security agencies, provided maximum security during and after the exercise to ensure the safety…

Kun Khalifat FC has sent shockwaves through Nigerian football after announcing its immediate withdrawal from the Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL), describing recent sanctions imposed on the club as unfair, excessive, and damaging to its future. In a strongly worded statement released on the club’s official platforms, the owner of Kun Khalifat FC Michael Amaefula said the decision was taken with “great disappointment and frustration,” insisting the club could no longer remain in what it sees as an unjust system. “It is with great disappointment and frustration that I, the owner of Kun Khalifat FC, announce our immediate withdrawal from…

Energy expert, Nick Agule, has criticised Nigeria’s electricity pricing regime, describing it as punitive to consumers despite poor and unreliable supply, while warning that state governments lack the capacity to shoulder rising power costs. Agule spoke on Wednesday during an interview on ARISE TV, where he compared electricity costs in Nigeria with those in the United Kingdom, drawing attention to what he described as a stark imbalance between tariffs and service delivery. “They haven’t put in anything, and Nigerians are just being strangulated with policies,” Agule said. “There’s something I will say now that will shock Nigeria. I pay for…

Isaac Fayose, brother of former Ekiti governor, Ayodele Fayose, has expressed disappointment over the state of democracy in Nigeria, describing the opposition as  powerless. In a video shared on X, Fayose lamented the collapse of the country’s political and electoral systems. “ADC is dead on arrival. Peter Obi can never be president. Nobody can be president again unless they select you.” He criticized the rejection of electoral reforms by the Senate, the weakening of the judiciary, and the broader political system, warning that these developments have left Nigerians without meaningful opposition. “Electoral reform is gone. Even the initiatives that Jonathan…

Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation HADIN KAI, have recorded major operational successes in the North-East with the arrest of a suspected logistics supplier to ISWAP terrorists and the safe repatriation of 700 Nigerian refugees from Cameroon into Borno. A credible military source revealed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. The source said the second phase of the voluntary repatriation of Nigerian refugees from Cameroon was successfully conducted at the Banki border in Bama Local Government Area. He said that troops of 152 Task Force Battalion, alongside other security agencies, provided maximum security…

Nollywood actress, Angela Okorie has publicly apologized to her colleague, Mercy Johnson Okojie. DAILY POST recalls that Angela Okorie was first arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force Cybercrime Center, Abuja, at her Lagos residence on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, over accusations of cyberbullying Mercy Johnson. On Wednesday, January 29, Angela Okorie was remanded in Suleja Prison by an Abuja court. However, on Friday, January 30, a Federal High Court in Abuja granted her bail. Justice Emeka Nwite, ruling on her bail application filed by lawyer Earnest Nwoye, set bail at N5 million with one surety in like sum.…

Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has revealed that Bernardo Silva is a huge injury doubt ahead of Sunday’s Premier League clash with Liverpool. Silva featured in City’s 3-1 win over Newcastle in the Carabao Cup semi-final second leg. But the Portugal midfielder may not be fit to take on the champions at Anfield. Guardiola said: “Yesterday he said to me, ‘I feel quite good. I want to try’. But I don’t know. “It’s in a position less dangerous than the hamstring, another type of muscle in the hamstring position. But we’ll see in the next days. “‘Could be OK’, is…

British energy giant Shell said Thursday that its net profit rose 11 per cent last year as higher volumes and lower costs helped to offset falling oil and gas prices. Profit after tax climbed to $17.84 billion in 2025 from $16.1 billion a year earlier, Shell said in a statement. Energy prices faced pressure last year on concerns that US President Donald Trump’s tariffs would hurt economic growth. They dropped further as a result of higher output by OPEC+ nations. More recently, prices have rallied as Trump ramped up military threats against major oil producer Iran, but have since cooled…